| lpp_1943.37 |
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So I lived my life alone , without anyone that I could really talk to , until I had an accident with my plane in the Desert of Sahara , six years ago . |
| lpp_1943.370 |
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They had only one ring of petals ; they took up no room at all ; they were a trouble to nobody . |
| lpp_1943.371 |
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One morning they would appear in the grass , and by night they would have faded peacefully away . |
| lpp_1943.372 |
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But one day , from a seed blown from no one knew where , a new flower had come up ; and the little prince had watched very closely over this small sprout which was not like any other small sprouts on his planet . |
| lpp_1943.373 |
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It might , you see , have been a new kind of baobab . |
| lpp_1943.374 |
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The shrub soon stopped growing , and began to get ready to produce a flower . |
| lpp_1943.375 |
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The little prince , who was present at the first appearance of a huge bud , felt at once that some sort of miraculous apparition must emerge from it . |
| lpp_1943.376 |
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But the flower was not satisfied to complete the preparations for her beauty in the shelter of her green chamber . |
| lpp_1943.377 |
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She chose her colours with the greatest care . |
| lpp_1943.378 |
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She adjusted her petals one by one . |
| lpp_1943.379 |
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She did not wish to go out into the world all rumpled , like the field poppies . |